Best Defective Poems
Below are the all-time best Defective poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of defective poems written by PoetrySoup members
Born DefectiveI come from the land of coffee,
plastic breasts and nonsense,
drugs and narco past,
very proudly they'll exalt.
Woman so pretty as blow-up doll,
got so many...
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Categories:
defective, community, identity, immigration, political,
Form:
Free verse
Never Enough
Why does the voiceless canary stare so bleakly?
Why do the sullen grey clouds desert a sombre sky?
As the ugly black smog blots out the valiant...
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Categories:
defective, environment, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Ethereal Lanterns
As the holy season commemorates revelations of scriptures,
Sacred flame burning within, reinvigorates soul’s intellect,
Steering away from the fallible, toward realms of perfect,
Away from servitude of...
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Categories:
defective, inspirational, meaningful, uplifting,
Form:
Verse
Slamming the Super-Duper-Soupersyou want to know a secret
when I write a poem and it's perfect
i dont share it
i bury it
deep inside of me
where no one...
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Categories:
defective, humor, slam, perspective,
Form:
Rubaiyat
Still Called MotherMy body is a graveyard.
I buried you inside this defective womb.
I am less than a woman.
My flesh a fertile tomb.
Tiny ghost.
I will never hold you.
My...
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Categories:
defective, baby, bereavement, child, death,
Form:
Free verse
Reflections of a Broken MirrorIn shadows deep, where childhood fears reside,
A father's wrath, a son's tormented life,
A torrent of abuse, a soul's despair,
A question lingers, heavy in the putrid...
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Categories:
defective, abuse, child abuse, childhood,
Form:
Free verse
It Was One of Those MorningsIt was three o'clock in the morning and my body craved more sleep
I'd been out all night with friends and just fallen into slumber deep
when...
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Categories:
defective, morning,
Form:
Monorhyme
Misogynist Homophobic People Need To StopShe stands invisible to any fair go,
Mentally bashed to a paste,
In a world where she is not wanted,
Where she is simply erased,
Where none...
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Categories:
defective, hurt, identity, society,
Form:
Quatrain
A New HopeWhen will it be time
For the sublime
For you to be mine
And Let love take a chance
Afford me a second glance
So fate can take a hold
And...
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Categories:
defective, lost love, loveheart, feelings,
Form:
I do not know?
My ReasonAt times the cracks
within our souls
Are placed there for a
simple reason
Our lives possess
certain goals
Just assuredly as each
of the seasons
So we can find...
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Categories:
defective, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Spinning the ResortSpinning the Resort
By Elton Camp
For guests the resort does advertise
So it will be desirable in their eyes
Since the building is old and run down:
“Located in...
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Categories:
defective, funny
Form:
Rhyme
This Is Me Letting Goi've got to find a way to take my mind off her
a way to forget what we once were
a way to move on, to let...
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Categories:
defective, sadme,
Form:
Rhyme
The Way Things Really WereO, the nights we couldn't stop sweating
the porch no cooler than our rooms
Enervated, we drove down to the lake
where 'shore patrol'...
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Categories:
defective, memory, nostalgia,
Form:
Rhyme
KinMost are related to shipwrecked ghosts,
accomplices of my blood
that can still be found
in geographically scattered albums.
When there were cities to occupy,
they lived one level below...
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Categories:
defective, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
The Lay of the Best Man - Part 1The Lay of The Best Man - Part One
I’ve seen men ‘good’, and surely, I’ve seen men ‘bad’
So jealous and so envious, I’ve seen men...
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Categories:
defective, humanity, men,
Form:
Lay